COC is dealing with an increase in financial aid fraud due to a sharp rise in number of students requesting grants and loans, which is prompting the school to take a more aggressive approach towards scammers.

College of the Canyons will likely lose at least $3.8 million, and more than 200 course sections, for the 2011-2012 school year, due to proposed cuts by Gov. Jerry Brown and California’s $26.6 billion budget deficit.